so i guess it's always better than never. >> all right. again, having a great start. let's do some tennis. off to the french open we go. federer and nadal. the top seeded spaniard need win to retain his number one ranking in the world. in the end, nadal continued his mastery on the clay. he won in four sets to take his sixth french open title and 10th overall major. nice. fox 5 morning news continues right now. take a look outside. it is monday morning, june 6th. lincoln memorial front and center this hour. thank you for being up early with us. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's check in with tony perkins. he has a look at our weather, our fabulous weather i should say. >> yes. not bad at all. more pleasant conditions across the region. this morning, we have some fog

out there that is developing but aside from that, not a bad start to the day. we will see another pleasant day today for the most part. we'll start with the latest radar image. there was a little thunderstorm that came through earlier this morning off to the east. that has cleared out. you can see how it moved across the chesapeake bay and eastern portions of maryland. that has cleared out. as i mentioned, we do have some fog, a couple of clouds out there as well. as the day progresses, we will see lots of sunshine and we don't expect to see precipitation across the region today except for that lone shower or thunderstorm that came through a short time ago. now, let's take a look at the current conditions being reported at reagan national. that humidity is back. 87%. temperatures, 68 degrees and the winds are calm. so your forecast for today looks like this. after some morning fog, mostly sunny skies, warm and a little bit more humid today, i believe. highs today will be in the mid- 80s. not bad at all. >> that is a look at the weather.

more coming up in a little bit. >> let's check in with julie wright to get a look at traffic. >> hey, you guys. good morning to you all. we are looking pretty good around the capitally, overnight construction cleared as you leave braddock road and over 66. northbound i-95 clears of roadwork down in dale city. 59 in good shape headed northbound towards the occoquan. you are rolling at speed. no trouble spots on 395 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. overnight construction was in place near 59 and college park tying up the two right lanes. beltway should now be cleared. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. sulaimon brown finally speaking to d.c. council members. the former one-time candidate for mayor set to appear before the committee that is investigating the hiring practices of d.c. mayor vince gray. stacy cohan is outside city

hall. let's get the late e. >> reporter: good morning. sulaimon brown has certainly made headlines with his accusations against the gray campaign of all sorts of payoffs and promised jobs. but until now, he has skillfully dodged coming before this council. that ends today. a superior court judge struck a deal in which sulaimon brown has to testify before the council committee today. brown claims that gray paid him cash and that he was promised a city job to continue attacks against adrian fenty. he says that he got that city job which he did land but then was fired after those allegations were made public. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i hay conversation with mr. brown before of the investigation began. he said he was very happy to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> and mary cheh talking there about the fact that sulaimon brown originally said he wasn't going to testify or did everything possible to avoid it and now he is being compelled

to do so. brown tells fox 5 that he has other checks other than the ones already made public, that he will have here before the council to prove that his allegations are true. reporting live, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. the d.c. attorney general meantime promising to make an announcement today. the investigation of councilmember harry thomas. thomas has been under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. thomas said he used his money to buy the suv through a company he owned before he became a councilmember. there are questions about whether that company got a sizable payment from his campaign committee and whether he should have reported the suv as a gift or income. the attorneys general is set to peek on this investigation this morning at 11:00. new this morning, a 12-year- old boy is recovering after being shot in the ankle in the district. it is one of two shootings in d.c. overnight.

he was shot around 11:30 last night in the minnesota avenue southeast. investigators say the victim may have been a victim of a robbery. the trial begins today for the woman accused in a deadly hit and run accident that happened near dupont circle. police say jorita davidson hit kela ryan as ryan tried to get into a car on connecticut avenue back in october. a witness gave officers a license plate number. they were then able to trace the vehicle to davidson and arrest her at a friendship heights condo. prince george's county police say alcohol and speed were factors in a crash that killed three people on indian head highway. this happened early sunday morning just south of wilson bridge drive. police say a gmc yukon rear- ended a mazda sending that crashing into a tree. two passengers were thrown from the mazda. >> the driver of the gmc yukon was not injured as a result of

the accident but he was subsequently arrested and is being charged with driving under the influence. >> now, the driver of mazda, 53- year-old eugene johnson, and a passenger, 52-year-old gwendolyn denby did die in that crash. another woman in the mazda was also killed. police have not released her identity. the bus company involve in last week's deadly crash on i- 95 now accused of trying to stay in business by simply repainting the names on its buses. the transportation department found that sky express was trying to sell tickets under the names 108 tours and 108 bus. four people tied when the sky express bus ran off the interstate near king's dominion last tuesday. the driver has been charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. the montgomery county search crews will be back out at the tridelphia reservoir looking for the body of a man

believed to have drowned there on friday. investigators say 21-year-old bruce yanson and two others were swimming in the reservoir when yanson went under. new details in europe's deadly e. coli outbreak. officials think they have found the culprit. a developing story out of arizona. one of the largest wildfires in that state's history. worries now that it might get worse. we'll have an update coming up. 

le bit. we are following a developing story this morning. two wildfires continue to grow out in arizona. the wallow fire is one of them. it is burning near the mexican border. the 287 square mile blaze makes it the third largest fear in that state's history. more people in the white mountain communities are being evacuated because of it. hot, dry and windy weather is also making thing more difficult for firefighters. >> it is raining ash right now. we are anot getting any relief from the wind. >> it is dry. the wind is blowing. they can't stop it. >> the potential for some of this high winds to kick back up and send embers flying above the lines that are already established, there is stillen imminent threat. >> bad news is there is still

zero containment on the wall owe fire. the other one, the horseshoe two blaze is burning to the south of there. it is now the fifth large nest arizona history. firefighters have come from as far away as new york to help battle the fires. first, there was the mississippi and now the missouri river threatening communities in a large part of the country. recent rains combine with a massive snow melt have caused river levels to rise and a lymph lee yeek is causing concerns in hamburg, ohio -- ain't levee leak is causing concerns in hamburg, ohio -- a levee leak is causing concerns in hamburg, ohio. thieves caught on camera ripping off some valuable material, several thousand dollars worth actually.

it is a growing problem in our area. >> we'll tell what you they got away with. also coming up, the latest on today's weather forecast. we've got a nice day on tap. it will be a little more humid. we'll tell you about that. julie wright is here to tell us what is happening on the area roadways. stay with us. fox 5 morning news will be right back. 

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we take a look outside over wisconsin avenue this morning. waiting for the sun to come up. it is in the 60s right now across the d.c. area. hundreds of married couples said i do all over again at the basilica in northeast d.c. yesterday. the special ceremony took place as part of the mass celebrated by archbishop donald wuerl. the couples were from all over the archdiocese and all have been married at least 5 years. 387 couples have been married for 50 years or more. while everyone has their own

version of a secret to a success, archbishop wuerl offered a lasting reason. >> love, st. paul tells us, never fails. we may often fail. love stands firm when everything else is shaky. >> the couples each receive personalized certificates celebrating their long marriages after the mass is complete. >> congratulations to them. i am surprised there are that many couples that have been married 50 years or longer. >> me too. it is an inspiration. they should write a book about their secret. >> you saw from the live shot, it is not quite as bright as it was several days last week as it was during this time of the morning. it is more humid this morning. that will be the main

difference between today and the last couple of days, i think. temperatures right up there again. let's take a look at what is going on. we'll start with the temperatures yesterday. our high temperatures, reagan national, 82 degrees and our average high for the date, 82 degrees. so we were right where we should be. dulles international got up to 81 yesterday. 83degrees at bwi marshall. let's take a look at what is going on out there with the current temperatures around the region. we are in the 60s. unfortunately, our dew points are in the 60s in much of the area. that is why before a little bit -- we have a little bit of fog out there. 61 in gaithersburg. frederick at 59 degrees. quantico, 65. here is a look at the satellite- radar composite for the region. you can see there is nothing

going o we have some clouds here and there, some fog . some rainfall moved through during the overnight hours. you will see we've got mostly quiet conditions across the eastern united states again so another day where it will be quiet today. nothing in the form of any storms or anything like that. so, forecast for today looks like this. lots of sunshine, a warm afternoon. warmer than yesterday. high, 84 degrees. i think more humid today as well. light winds out of the north, five to 10 miles per hour. for tonight, mostly clear skies. a mild night. overnight lows in the 60s for most of you. then your five-day forecast, i'm confirming what a lot of people were asking me about over the weekend. lots of folks saying all right, are we just not going to have any more spring. are we into summer. yeah, it looks like it. 80s today, near 90 tomorrow.

well into the 90s wednesday, thursday and friday. just really, really warm, humid and than a chance for some thunderstorms on friday. so the heat is on. that is a look at what is happen worth. now, let's get more on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> all right. on the roads right now, you are talking about a little bit of fog and how it is not as bright as it has been the last couple of days. we popped up a camera to piggyback what you are talking about. typically, nice and clear back here. can you almost see sugarloaf from here. not the case this morning. i don't think it ill impede your vision on the ground -- i don't think it will impede your vision on the ground but could affect the chopper later. no incidents to report 395 to the 14th street bridge. coming in off the 66, an easy

drive leaving business 34 headed in towards centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. a strange crime at one local home caught on tape and a silver ving woman hopes the security images will catch the thieves. >> they stole the gutters from her home because they are made of copper. roz plate are shows us how the theft went down and the pictures police wanted to you look at. >> just about 10like in the morning, the first thief sporting some kind of mohawk crew cut heads to the front door to make sure nobody is home. moments later, his partner in crime emerges hammer in hand and in the upper right-hand corner of the surveillance video, thief number one takes a second load of copper gutters to their white getaway van while new year's eve number two is still working moving quickly. finally, their mission complete, they take off. total time, four and a half minutes. >> up there, you can see where they yanks out one of the downspouts. you can see also the breaks here where they ripped it out

of the one that goes underground. >> reporter: the silver spring woman came home to find find nearly a couple thousand dollars worth of copper gutters gone. >> we were shocked. >> reporter: thieves had also struck at another home in the sligo park hills neighborhood and it is a growing problem. with the price of copper soaring, thieves are getting more creative about how they rip it off. d.c. police say at least four times in the past few weeks, crooks have snagged underground copper electrical wiring climbing into manholes to get it. leaving nearby neighborhood streets in the dark. >> this just made me angry. it is the second time this home owner has been struck vowing to be a victim no more. she put up surveillance cameras. >> we put them in specifically buzz you get tired of people getting away with this. the police have a lot of other things to do, more serious ways to spend their time than facing these petty burglars. so if we can help them catch

them by putting in these cameras, yeah, i feel vindicated having put them in. >> reporter: i'm roz plater, fox 5 news. >> the vehicle ours note the video is good quality too and the thieves' look and marcherrisms are pretty distinctive. >> the problem so bad that one state has launched a copper theft task force. school is just about out for high schoolers and that mean summer jobs. >> we'll have tips to help your teen stand out from the crowd. stay with us, everyone. it is now 5:22 on this monday. we'll be right back. sed

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south we're taking a live look outside right now. definitely feeling like a summer day out there. here the thing. teens are in their final days of school before that you are summer break too. so some of those with as biotechnology industry organizations to work over the summer have already secured employment. >> many of those still hoping to land a position. one job search authority says it is still not too late. brenda buckner has more. >> reporter: last year, teen job seekers survived the weakest summer job market in decades. data from the bureau of labor statistics shows that, from may

through july, employment for teens was down more than 17% from 2009. but this year, outplacement firm challenger, gray and christmas says the hiring climate is looking up. ceo john challenger. >> teens should be more optimistic that last year was at the bottom and we're coming out of that now this summer. >> reporter: for the many still hoping to land position, it is not too late. a lot of teen jobs are filled right on the spot and challenger says nothing beats actually walking into a business, introducing yourself to the manage are and asking about job opportunities. >> go to places, meet the boss, tell them or her that you are reliable, you'll be on time, that you get along well with others, that you want the job. >> >> reporter: searching for jobs where others are not and looking for odd jobs at off hours should give you an advantage. >> working outside in jobs of heavy labor, being open to working at odd hours, telling the company that you will come in maybe to replace someone who is on vacation to get your foot in the door.

>> reporter: revisiting potential employers can give a i leg up. >> things change. companies might not have had a need the first time you are there and the fact that you were persistent, came back, suggests you want to go to work there. >> reporter: challenger also says parents and other relatives are often the best source for information on job leads. don't forget to stay in such with friends and classmates on certainly networks like facebook especially those who have been able to find jobs. they might be the link to your summer employment. in new york, brenda buckner, fox news. who was paul revere really alerting when he screamed the words the british are coming. sarah palin with some interesting thoughts. now, she is explaining herself. >> we'll hear what palin said yesterday on fox news sundayed about the whole thing. next, our big story. stacy ? >> he has made incredible claims against the gray tam pain. and now sulaimon brown will

tell his story before the d.c. council. f

the biggest passenger jet in the world arrives at dulles for the first time. super jumbo airbus a-308. >> it has two decks and can carry more than 500 passengers. this is actually video that we

have of one. an air france plane you see there. air france is the one that use this is plane and is beginning daily nonstop passenger service from dulles to paris. dulles is only the second u.s. airport served by air france's a-308. new york's jfk is the other one. that is going to be pretty cool to be on one of those. i think it would be a fun jerry reinsdorf it is odd looking though. >> that is what tucker said. >> i guess because it's double- decker. >> can you imagine how long it takes to board that plane. 600 people going on board, all trying to find space for their carry-on. >> you try on get that on there, the kids. i would think it would take an hour if not more. >> they should have a play area. it's big enough. like you see the malls. >> there has to be a jungle gym in there somewhere. >> all right. good day to take a flight. >> good thing they are not trying to land this morning because we have some fog out

there as you saw in the pictures. not the prettiest morning we've seen lately. going to be another warm one today but not as warm as it will be later this week. let's take a look at the temperatures across the roone on. we are in the 60s. here in the district, we've dropped off to 67 degrees. it is 6 # up in baltimore. 65 at dulles airport. fredericksburg, virginia, 64 degrees and in frederick, maryland, it is 59 degrees at this hour. here is a look at the satellite- radar. we've had some clouds out there during the overnight hours. those are pushing out. we do have some fog that has developed during the last couple of hours or so. that will eventually burn off and then leave us with mostly sunny skies for today. so the forecast for today looks like. this lots of sunshine. >> a warm afternoon, more humid than it was this weekend. 84degrees for your high today. not a bad day at all. we'll have more details on that. coming up ain just a little bit. >> it will feel a lot like it did this past weekend? >> it will be more humid. that will be a difference.

this wound was perfect. >> yeah, it is. >> just remember this week when it is mid-week and 97. >> you're right. >> we are he looking pretty good right now early this morning with no incidents to report. we'll take you out from the west and as you guys are traveling inbound along 66, you will find yourself at speed as you work your way in from manassas headed eastbound. you look pretty good coming inbound on the dulles toll road as well as route 7 leaving 28. pigging up some volume as you make your way out from father hurley head out towards 124. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. turning to our big story, the testimony of sulaimon brown. the formal mayoral candidate finally goes in front of a d.c.

council meeting. stacy cohan has more. >> reporter: mayor grey's mayoral term was very young and fresh when it was quickly culied by these allegations by former mayoral candidate sulaimon brown. he has quite scwilfully avoided coming down here to tell his story but he will be forced to testify today before the d.c. council. the reason he is being compelled to testify is a superior court judge has ordered sulaimon brown to do so. brown, of course, said that the gray campaign -- or alleges that the gray campaign gave him not only cash but promised a high-paying job in exchange for continued attacks on then mayor adrian fenty. now, we spoke to mary cheh asking her why she thought it was so important to compel sulaimon brown to testify and why she was so surprised by the fact that he was avoiding testifying. >> i'm sort of surprised by this because i had a conversation with mr. brown before the investigation began. he said he was very happen you

to do that. didn't need a subpoena. >> reporter: it took a subpoena and a judge to get him down here to testify. brown told fox 5 in a telephone conversation that he will bring some copies of some checks here to city council to prove that he was indeed paid off by the gray campaign. we'll see if that testimony happens later on today. reporting live, i'm stacy cohan. back to you. >> thank you. the d.c. attorney general's office says it will make an announcement today in the investigation of councilman harry thomas. thomas has been under investigation to find out where he got the money to buy an audi suv. thomas says he used his money to buy the suv through a company he owned before he became a councilmember. there are questions about if that company got a sizable payment from his campaign committee and if he should have reported the suv as a gift or income. attorney general is set to

speak on the investigation this morning at 11:00. new this morning, a 12-year- old boy is recovering after being shot in the ankle in the district. it is one of two shootings that happened in d.c. overnight. the 12-year-old was shot around 11:30 last night in the 3400 block. minnesota avenue southeast. investigators say the boy may have been the victim of a robbery. the other shooting, that one happened around 3:45 this morning on seventh and l. that was near the convention center. a man was shot in the stomach but so no word on his condition. a trial is set to begin today for a woman accused in a deadly hit and run accident. it happened near due pond circle. jorita davidson face as a voling tarry manslaughter charge. police say she hit kela ryan as she tried to get into a car on connecticut avenue back in october. officers were able to trace the vehicle to davidson and arrest her. prince george's county police say alcohol and speed were factors in a crash that killed three people on indian

head highway over the weekend. this happened early zipped morning just south of wilson bridge drive. police say a yukon suv rear ended a mazda sending it crashing into a creigh. the driver of the car, 5 #-year- old eugene johnson and a passenger -- 53-year-old eugene johnson and a passenger were killed. in montgomery county, search crews ill will be back out at tridelphia reservoir looking for the body of a man believed to have drowned there friday. vehicle ours say 21-year-old bruce yanson and two others were victimming in the reservoir when he went under. wssc reminds the public that swimming is not permitted in any of the reservoirs. coming up, sarah palin explains her take on american history. who was paul revere really alerting when he screamed those famous words, the british are coming. >> up next, she defends her version of hit that many others see as flawed. a why would and frightening

ride if a group children in an inflatable bounce house -- a wild and frightening ride for a group of children in an inflatable bounce house.

an afternoon of fun in the sun turned into a scary situation when three bounce housed blow away. there were children inside of

them. this happened on long island. nicole john hon has the story. >> reporter: inflatable bounce houses with children inside take flight, flipping in the air right towards a crowd at a soccer event in oceanside. as a parent records this video, others rush to stop the bouncy houses from fly ago way, trying to save the kids. >> my first reaction was for follow everybody else, all the men just started running. all the dads took off to go get it and hold it down and let the air out of it and that is what i did. >> i feel bad for the parents because you see the parents trying to judge p -- to jump up and grab their kids. i think if it was one of my little siblings that, would be horrible. >> a heavy gust of wind blue the houses across the sock are field, up in the air several feet. when they landed, several people on the ground were knocked off their feet and shaken. >> i am ware of the fact that these things can happen. you really don't have full

control over those kind of things. it is a freakish accident. >> you just want to keep an eye on your children, know where they are at all times. sarah palin is district attorneying the u.s. history flub she made when her east coast bus tour stopped in boston. when asked about revolutionary war hero, paul revere, palin claimed his famous massachusetts ride was intended to warn the british along with americans ahead of key revolutionary battles. but according to history, revere alerted americans to an impending british attack. here what is palin had to say yesterday morning on fox news sunday. >> he warned the americans that the british were coming, the british were coming and they are going to take our arms. we had to be sure we were shoring up our am nation so they couldn't tax it. remember the, the british had already been had for sent jurors that area and part of

paul revere's ride, he was a courier. he was a messenger. part of the ride was to warn the british that you are not going to succeed, you not going to take american arms. you are not going to beat our own well armed persons, individual private militia that we have. he did warn the british. >> palin had also claimed revere fired warning shots when really he just carried a lantern. she told chris wallace she is still on the fence about making a run for the white house. a bit of a scare for the washington nationals. their top minor league prospect injured yesterday. we'll check in with the sports junkies coming up in a little bit. we are checking your weather, all your traffic. julie has that for you. stay with us. ke

we are taking a live look at the beltway over in the oxon hill area where traffic is moving along white well so we'll check in with yuley to see how it is looking ash the rest of the region coming up. let's check in with tony perkins first. he has the latest on our beautiful weather. i think it is beautiful. >> yes, it will be fine. it will be summery as we see

highs in the 80s and 90s again. no 90s today with you we'll be well into the 80s. let's look at the weather headlines for today and the rest of this week. the week starts off sunny. there is some clouds and some fog. we'll have lots of sunshine today. humidity on the rise. this weekend was very pleasant but starting today, we'll start to see some increases in that humidity. it is more humid right now this morning than it has been the previous several mornings. heat we've is to return. remember, last week, those temperatures in the 90s. we're headed there again for the end of this week and maybe at the end of the week being we could see some thunderstorms for the latter part of the week but it looks like that activity will hold off until then. temperatures across the region look like this. we are at 67 degrees here. 65 out at dulles airport. annapolis is at 70. baltimore, # 3. win chft are, 57 and also 57 in cambridge,

maryland -- winchester, 57 and also 57 in cambridge being maryland. -- baltimore, 63. tells will be in the 80s, plenty of sunshine. but that high will scoot off the coast tonight into tomorrow and as that happens, it will become a burr humidity ahigh for all intents and purposes and that is what we'll get the warm are weather work -- warmer weather working its way in here and we'll see the temperature in the 90s. forecast for today looks like. this lots of sunshine, a warm afternoon. high about 84 degrees. a bit more humid than it has been for the last few days. then for tonight, mostly clear skies, mild, overnight lows in the 60s. your five-day forecast tomorrow, warmer but still in the 80s barely. we'll be right up against 90 degrees. humid as well. hot on wednesday and thursday and friday. highs in the mid- to upper 90s. chance of some thunderstorms developing by friday. that is a look at what is happening with the weather.

now, let's get more on this morning's rush hour traffic from julie wright. >> aparently, julie is speechless right now. we'll get back with her in just a moment for the latest on traffic. first of all, one of the most popular grocery store chains the region has a new store in frederick. wegmans opened its door there sunday morning. according to wegmans officials, there were 1800 people in line before the doors were unlocked. the chain is based out of new york and has slowly been opening stores in our region in the last few years. soy the heat and mavericks go down to the wire. the nats break out the home run ball and bryce harper just kind

of breaks down with an injury. joining us now the sports junkies from 106.7 the fan. good to see you guys. >> good morning. >> could dirk nowitzki get a little bit of help or does he have to do aall himself. >> he needs some help. the heat defense really clamped him down in last shots. a really tough shot to tie the game. he definitely needs help. i think he scored 15 of the team's 22 points in the fourth quarter. >> it is three stars against one. even though lebron didn't have a great game, he played a good floor game. recognized the double team in in last couple possessions. he found bosch and he had an open look. >> i think jason terry was 0-4 in the fourth quarter. just needs more help. >> it almost seems unfair that some need i can't, when you read the recaps this morning,

they talk about him missing the shot at the end and that means the end of the season for him. it is almost like they put all the pressure on him that he has to do everything and he it seems like he is doing just about everything. >> i think he is happy to tax those shots. he wasup set he made a mass which -- mass when went out of bounds. he is getting doubled. d-wade was amazing last night. have you to give credit to him. >> the carruth of the matter is dallas has fought their butts off to tie opportunity late and maybe take a two-point lead here or there but for most part, the miami heat have dominated this series. >> they have outplayed dallas for 11 1/2 quarters.

that has been the whole key to the series. >> the advantage the heat has, if one of them has a off night, there is somebody there to pick up the slack. at lost they've all been close games so far. got to give a shout out to the nationals. when you hit a grand lamb? extra innings to one a game, that -- when you hit a grand slam into extra innings to win a game, that is kind of impressive. >> yeah, mike morris hit the grand slam. this team hasn't been very good on the road but coming out of arizona with a 2-# split, that is decent. >> yeah, verdict is still out there. bryce harper up in hagerstown has had a monster season so far. he got a little nicked up yesterday. >> is this anything to worry about. >> >> with bryce harper, i would love to see them call him up because they are hearing such great things about him because they are taking the long-term approach with him.

next spring training, we'll see if they can keep him away from the majors. >> the call-up time line is different for every player. some people were saying with ryan zimmerman, he was in the mahmoud ahmadinejadors the year he was drafted. granted, he came out of college, not what it is essentially junior college, high school for harper. >> remember, now, financial factors start to come into play here f he comes up this rear in september, this just make them eligible to arbitration that much quick are so they really want to hold him back. they are looking probably ate september call-up next year and then you really start the process of of weaving him in. >> in the meantime, it is a great chance for folks to see him in hagerstown. have a great monday. good to talk to you this morning. >> thank you. it's bug night for hollywood. not the oscars. it is the mtv movie awards.

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she won't be watching than. maybe can you dvr or something. you don't blame you. if you would like to be tomorrow's fan of the day, find us on facebook by searching fox 5 morning. no space between fox and the number 5 and just post a comment under mattie's photo. >> thank you for being with us this morning. mtv awards last night. >> and twilight took best movie. there is two more movies left as well. twilight saga breaking dawn part one and part two. i actually like those movies. i saw some of them and they suck you in. i can't wait. the world's largest retail are is shifting its focus to a smaller scale. >> we are talking about wal- mart but will it boost sales. that is ahead at 6:00 in our

business beat. we'll talk about that strategy coming up. also going to check your morning commute. julie wright will join us once again. we'll take a look at traffic out there this morning. brety good on the beltway at oxon hill. >> get ready for another midsummer-like week. today might be one of the better days. tony has the detail coming up.  beth!

hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains